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Mali Africa RISING: Integrated Intensification Options for Livestock Feeding by Wageningen University and Research, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…s Feed the Future initiative to address hunger and food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting three multi-stakeholder agricultural research projects to sustainably intensify key African farming systems. …”
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Mali Africa RISING: Biomass Assessment in Bougouni, 2013 by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…s Feed the Future initiative to address hunger and food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting three multi-stakeholder agricultural research projects to sustainably intensify key African farming systems. …”
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Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (BPRSSP) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) for Food Security and Agricultural Development, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is the largest project IFPRI has ever had in Bangladesh. …”
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Revitalized agriculture for balanced growth and resilient livelihoods: Toward a rural development strategy for Mon State, Myanmar by International Food Policy Research Institute, Michigan State University, Center for Economic and Social Development, Filipski, Mateusz J., Nischan, Ulrike, van Asselt, Joanna, Holtemeyer, Brian, Schmidt, Emily, Kedir Jemal, Mekamu, Kennedy, Adam, Zhang, Xiaobo, Dorosh, Paul A.

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WEAI: Making development programs inclusive by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In 2010, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) approached IFPRI and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative to develop the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI). …”
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Reducing child undernutrition: Past drivers and priorities for the post-MDG era by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence James

“…As the post-MDG era approaches in 2016, reducing child undernutrition is gaining high priority on the international development agenda, both as a maker and marker of development. …”
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Aquaculture in transition: Value chain transformation, fish and food security in Myanmar by Belton, Ben, Hein, Aung, Htoo, Kyan, Kham, L. Seng, Nischan, Ulrike, Reardon, Thomas, Boughton, Duncan

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Major impact investor group mobilizes USD 106 million for a climate-smart food systems strategy designed with Alliance-led CCAFS technical guidance. by Wollenberg, Eva

“…Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) served as the anchor investor, while the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) functioned as the Fund guarantor.…”
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The regional network on AIDS, livelihoods, and food security (RENEWAL): Influencing change in HIV/AIDS policy through networks by Frankenberger, Timothy R., Nelson, Suzanne, TANGO International, Inc.

“…As the magnitude and scope of the AIDS epidemic grew during the 1990s, it transformed the international development landscape: HIV/AIDS became a global development issue with socioeconomic implications for livelihoods, rather than an isolated health issue. …”
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health: Connecting the Dots by Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Fritschel, Heidi, Karelina, Zhenya, Yosef, Sivan

“…With 1 billion people continuing to suffer from food insecurity, and with vitamin and mineral deficiencies compromising the nutrition and health of billions of people, the international development community began to ask how much more could agriculture do to improve human wellbeing if it explicitly included nutrition and health goals? …”
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Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa: The case of Ghana by Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Thurlow, James, Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.

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Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know by Haddad, Lawrence J., Gillespie, Stuart

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Hidden harvest: U.S. benefits from international research aid by Pardey, Philip G., Alston, Julian M., Christian, Jason E., Fan, Shenggen

“…This IFPRI Food Policy Statement compares the investment made by the U.S. Agency for International Development in CGIAR research with the contributions that investment has made to U.S. farm production. …”
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Africa's changing agricultural development strategies by Delgado, Christopher L.

“…During the last 25 years, African policymakers have been bombarded with often conflicting advice on agricultural development strategy from an increasing array of international development agencies. In this brief, Christopher Delgado gives a chronology of agricultural paradigms for Africa. …”
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Farmer learning exchange visit on agroecological farming practices in Xiengkhouang, Lao PDR by Inphonephong, Souphalack, Chounlamountry, T., Xaydala, Viengxay, Douangsavanh, Somphasith

“…The visit was arranged in cooperation with the agroecology and safe food system transitions project’s implementing and commissioning team from the Department of Planning and Cooperation, the Department of Agricultural Land Management, the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, the Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office in Xiengkhouang, and CIRAD, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development.…”
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Sudan Strategy Support Program (SSSP): Background and research output by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Established with funding from USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, the program has also formed partnerships or received support from a number of prominent organizations, including the CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration, the CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, the World Food Programme, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).…”
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Les defis et les perspectives pour attenuer les risques dans les pays a faible revenu. In French. [Wastewater irrigation and health: challenges and outlook for mitigating risks in... by Scott, Christopher A., Drechsel, Pay, Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Bahri, Akissa, Mara, D.

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Understanding poverty dynamics in Kenya by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Mango, Nelson, Krishna, A., Radeny, Maren A.O., Johnson, Nancy L.

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Participatory rural appraisal for irrigation management research: lessons from IIMI's experience by Gosselink, P., Strosser, P.

“…The increasing international awareness about the strengths of participatory approaches and methods for research and development has led international development banks, NGOs, donors and research and training institutes to adopt Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and other participatory approaches to implement new projects and programs. …”
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Food security and sustainable growth for pastoral systems in semi-arid Africa by Webb, P., Bisrat, G., Coppock, D. Layne

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